Log - 05/07/24

Notes: As the player controller was updated previously, it did correct some previous issues but also included more issues. As the player jumped, then moved, the player would not move due to the momentum not being there and if the player was air borne the input was disabled. This caused problems when jumping on crates.

Previously I've had two control styles (Air Control & Air Momentum) and the community wanted either or, So I built a hybrid that's the best of both worlds. The player can now jump first and move after as well as retaining momentum when falling off a ledge and not jumping or bunny hopping. This should give the player much more control when moving around in the air while jumping.

I have fixed some other issues in the game as well.

Both the EA and Demo have been updated with these changes, Feel free to express any thoughts or concerns or any other game inquiries to the Steam Discussion board or Enfenyx Gaming - Virvius Discord Server. I would love to hear from you!

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GAME FIXES

• Changed how the player movement behaves with momentum and in the air.
  
• Fixed player getting stuck between entrance elevator in level 2.
  
• Fixed Brightness and environmental lighting values being clamped in options.
  
• Reduced shotgun spread.
  
• Defaulted weapon movement animation to be off.
  
• Defaulted weapon hand to be centered.
  
• Fixed attract video not playing at the beginning which caused a black background.
  
• Fixed black screen stuttering on title Video.

Log - 04/30/24

Notes: As I was unaware of the Geneva Convention treaty and their policies of the "Red Cross" logo with a white background in video games, As my medical pickups had a cross with a grey background, I have pushed this update in removal of the "+" symbol entirely for an "H" instead which has been implemented in the games UI, medical kit pick ups, achievements, videos and trailers.

Both the EA and Demo have been updated with these changes, Feel free to express any thoughts or concerns or any other game inquiries to the Steam Discussion board or Enfenyx Gaming - Virvius Discord Server. I would love to hear from you!

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ADDED/CHANGED FEATURES

• Health 15 now has an "H" on it instead of a "Cross".
  
• Health 25 now has an "H" on it instead of a "Cross".
  
• Health 100 now has an "H" on it instead of a "Cross".
  
• Health icon for HUD mode [Visor] and [Stylish] now has an "H" on it instead of a "Cross".
  
• Armor icon for HUD mode [Visor] and [Stylish] now has an "A" on it instead of a "Shield".
  
• Health Icon for HUD mode [Full Screen] and [Classic] have a new red "H" Icon.
  
• Achievement popup icon has been updated to the new Health 100 icon.
  
• Achievement icon on Steam has been updated to the new Health 100 icon.
  
• A new trailer was built with the new changes above.
  
• The games main menu attract video has been updated to match the trailer.

With Virvius just being released on Early Access just nearing 1 month ago! I'm astonished by the incredible support from the boomer shooter community, streamers and reviewers so far. I earn to keep bringing updates to the game and bring a better experience over time. In the means it would be great to target the next goal of 500 and possibly find enough support to have Episode 2 in the works.

Episode 2: Torcher Sanctum would feature a part of the game, a more "gorey/gruesome" environment that would really test the players abilities. Additionally, bring new creatures to hunt as well and bring a more unique type of experience to the game. If you have some cool ideas or type of game play you'd like to see, feel free to reach out on Steam discussion or Discord!

I thank every single one of you for playing Early Access or trying out the demo of Virvius. I hope it is as nostalgic to you as it was for me to develop it!

Myke [Enfenyx Games]

Notes: I want to thank you for your continued support on the project, every bit of feedback is vital to this project. After an exhausting few days, there are a few things I touched up on.

1. I now have revised the player movement, this needs to be thoroughly tested out on mouse/Keyboard and Controller. At the moment, speed itself hasn't changed but, the movement should be more responsive, accurate and now has momentum built in. This has also changed how the swimming behaved and the ability to launch the player up out of the water near a ledge, So my personal response is that I didn't enjoy using the controller before, but now after the refactor, I enjoy using the controller and should feel better on Steam Deck, especially with the new button mapping!
   
   
2. Enemies are now less spongy. This feedback was more in consideration of the shotguns. Before the damage was per bullet which required a clear shot for the kill and if some bullets missed then the enemy would be required to take more damage. Though the shotguns emit 7/14 bullets per shot, now only one bullet counts towards the damage and this one bullet does maximum damage as if all bullets hit the enemy making the kill much more impactful.

Both the EA and Demo have been updated with these changes, Feel free to express any thoughts or concerns or any other game inquiries to the Steam Discussion board or Enfenyx Gaming - Virvius Discord Server. I would love to hear from you!

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1. Revised player movement with momentum.
   
2. Less spongy enemies with shotguns.
   
3. Strafe jumping option removed from options/command menu.
   
4. Weapons are now available to be key mapped.
   
5. Made non secret weapons more revealing in levels.
   
6. Added more ammo/health to a few levels.

• Player can die randomly in griever cave in level 4.
  
• Reduce damage taken while Punisher power is active.
  
• Punisher animations were super slow. (after player movement revision).
  
• Waterfalls in Level 4 are moving upwards instead of down.
  
• When player jumps into water Velocity is too high (after player movement revision).
  
• Crates in level 6 acid switch room with nuclear box on top had no collider.
  
• Swim sound does not play when swimming above water.
  
• Player Isjumping state shuts off when player touches wall or ceiling.
  
• Diabolic error in unity regarding the Quaternion Look rotation vector being out of range.
  
• Diabolic stop moving after load of level 5 battle arena.
  
• In level 4 tower had broken textures.
  
• Bosses were still gibbing after previous updates.
  
• Enemy gibbing is much more difficult to do (outside of powerups).
  
• Refactored the rain UI trigger so it checks the player better.
  
• Allowed brightness to increase more and make it a float value instead.
  
• Changed the default option values.
  
• Photon Cannon out of ammo when grabbing berserk stops weapon from shooting.
  
• Players get stuck going into water at rock secret in level 2.
  
• Toned down minigun recoil again.
  
• Adjusted dive force and water gravity (after player movement revision).
  
• Reduced lava damage and removed damage sounds if player has divinity power.

1. Frames per second affects distance of grenades shot.
   
2. Player can survive Lasers with full armor and health.
   
3. Berserk powerup falls through floor in level 6.
   
4. Crushers in level 6 can catch player with god mode causing the player to get stuck.
   
5. Number of Enemies killed in level doesn't match the total number of enemies in the level.
   
6. Noticeable jitter on moving platforms.
   
7. Enemies stick to player on Level 6 Main Elevator.
   
8. Enemies have a late animation call when they are damaged or just died.
   
9. When saving and loading at mini boss level 5 the battle music doesn't play.
   
10. Sword sometimes doesn't collide with enemy.

• Find other alternatives for weapon sounds.
  
• Add more dmg animations to randomize animations.
  
• Make the screen red when obtaining Punisher Power.
  
• Change weapon wheel selection movement from keyboard to mouse.
  
• Design better visual textures for the game.
  
• Add barely surviving health to empower the player.
  
• Add health based enemy pushback, instead of a damage timer.
  
• Design a runic key as a key alternative.
  
• Runic Key needs to implemented into UI.
  
• Add 3-1-3 movement to enemies.

Notes: A gift came early for AZERTY users! Virvius now has button/key mapping!

I've been paying attention to the thoughts and feedback from the wonderful boomer shooter community. I've addressed some of the issues that have come up and I hope I can continue to bring a better experience to you. This update also includes fixes for a few other important factors that have been brought up a few times,

• Firstly the graphics not matching the trailers or screenshot. This is because of the Exponential Squared Fog that was implemented in the lighting, Some of the screen shots were taken before that was implemented, this has been updated and the game looks like it used too.
  
• Secondly, is the sound. I had currently reverbed the sound effects for the player, this has been removed and the sound has been amped up. To me, the sound now feels more impactful.

Both the EA and Demo have been updated with these changes, Feel free to express any thoughts or concerns or any other game inquiries to the Steam Discussion board or Enfenyx Gaming - Virvius Discord Server. I would love to hear from you!

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1. Control/key mapper is now the first option in the Controls category.
   
2. Vibration strength was now added to the options under Enable Vibration.
   
3. Removed Secret/Reviver power up from Level 3 and added a grenade launcher instead.
   
4. Added lighting and props to some levels.
   
5. Added a specific hurt sound for being in acid.
   
6. Added damage sounds for player taking damage above 100 health.
   
7. Added Diabolic death messages.
   
8. Added Necrosis death messages.

• Changed Exponential Squared fog to linear with distance to fixed graphics.
  
• Grunt enemies have less accuracy and their shotgun shots are now dodge-able.
  
• Photon projectiles had a green glow instead of blue.
  
• Added more ammo/health to to a few levels.
  
• Grunt Enemies take more damage from afar.
  
• Sword swing speed increased X0.5.
  
• Removed reverb from audio mixer and added a volume enhancer for player sounds.
  
• Changed the jump sound (may need to be assessed again)
  
• When Diabolic mini boss killed the player it would display elite grunt death messages.
  
• Fixed Rocker launcher height in level 10.
  
• Fixed extra secrets showing up in level 3.
  
• Fixed player would load their save and health wouldn't reduce upon load if they had over 100 health.
  
• Fixed sound issues with minigun playing sounds on wrong mixer.
  
• Changed the Spiker cannon dmg to enemies from 7.5 to 15.

1. Player controller with game pad is not great and needs to be addressed.
   
2. Frames per second affects distance of grenades shot.
   
3. Player can survive Lasers with full armor and health.
   
4. When entering the griever cave in level 4 and jumping, the player can randomly die.
   
5. Berserk powerup falls through floor in level 6.
   
6. Rain trigger doesn't reactive when in rain.
   
7. Crushers in level 6 can catch player with god mode causing the player to get stuck.
   
8. Number of Enemies killed in level doesn't match the total number of enemies in the level.
   
9. Noticeable jitter on moving platforms.
   
10. Enemies stick to player on Level 6 Main Elevator.
    
11. Enemies have a late animation call when they are damaged or just died.
    
12. Bosses can still be gibbed.
    
13. When saving and loading at mini boss level 5 the battle music doesn't play.
    
14. Players get stuck going into water at rock secret in level 2.
    
15. Sword sometimes doesn't collide with enemy.
    
16. Weapon out of ammo when grabbing berserk stops weapon from shooting.
    
17. Player hurt sounds happen too often in Lava.
    
18. Player hurt sounds still play in acid while divinity power is active.

• Fixing the player controller with momentum.
  
• Make the screen red when obtaining Punisher Power.
  
• Change weapon wheel selection movement from keyboard to mouse.
  
• Design better visual textures for the game.
  
• Add barely surviving health to empower the player.
  
• Add health based enemy pushback, instead of a damage timer.
  
• Design a runic key as a key alternative.
  
• Runic Key needs to implemented into UI.
  
• Add 3-1-3 movement to enemies.

Notes: Explosive walls included level 4 were not breakable with weapons other than explosives. This made the achievement for secrets much more difficult to obtain, if at all. Level 4 needed a couple check points that provided the player to not restart the entire level after reaching a certain point.

Notes: First off, I want to thank the Steam/Boomer shooter community for testing Virvius, the game has improved greatly because of your input, Thank you! If you have purchased the game and haven't left a review it would greatly improve the games chances by leaving a review on Steam!

This update is the official purchasable early access build which now contains 24 achievements with an "Achievement" menu for in game.

Having said that, achievements are not included in the demo and only a few of them can actually be obtained in episode 1, as the achievements were designed for the full 4 episode game. Also, this build now includes a level select which is the "Vault" selection in the menu with and episode selection in the next with only episode 1 accessible. You can unlock levels as you play the game and revisit them if your scouting for achievements.

I have also patched a few bugs, added a weapon select UI in the game and tweaked some of the weapons more. The Railgun got an overhaul and centered weapons should now function better.

Virvius is now available to buy for $4.99USD! its not much but, its 3 years of honest work with plenty of gameplay. Check out the demo first if you're feeling uncertain. Feel free to express any thoughts or concerns or any other game inquiries to the Steam Discussion board or Enfenyx Gaming - Virvius Discord Server. I would love to hear from you!

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1. Enemies deal much more damage and are more difficult than before.
   
2. Added a warping effect when exiting portals.
   
3. Added a screen fade when entering levels.
   
4. In game achievement menu.
   
5. Achievement UI pop on Steam and In game.
   
6. In game level select menu.
   
7. Railgun aesthetics has changed.
   
8. New Popup weapon UI when selecting weapons from 0-9.
   
9. Player can now switch weapons much faster.
   
10. Added a cross icon to secret wall on tower elevator in level 4.
    
11. Changed the recoil on weapons to give more gun feedback.
    
12. Added an extra save point in level 7 just before the red key area.
    
13. Added a cross icon on a secret wall in yellow key room level 6.
    
14. Added some props to Level 1 and 2.

• When all weapons cheat enabled and then starting a new game player starts with ultra Shotgun.
  
• After dying and loading the file, gun animation doesn't reset and weapons shoot in half animation.
  
• Slight delay after shooting when trying to switch weapon.
  
• Player still bonded to platform triggers even when the player has exited causing soft lock.
  
• Enlarged the railgun projectile so its easier to kill multiple enemies.
  
• Player can't access floor secret in griever water way in level 4.
  
• Grievers still play sound to engage when invisible power is active.
  
• Colliders on Damnation Fists were enlarged for better range.
  
• Quick switching when punisher activated at the same time causes the player to be unable to attack.
  
• No message to the player when opening waste disposal drains in level 8.
  
• Slashing enemies through walls emits blood but enemy is not damaged.
  
• Doors permanently lock player in after loading save in level 6 which results in a hard lock.
  
• No secret message trigger for obtaining vigor in acid drain in level 8.
  
• Fixed broken elevator trigger leading to yellow key in level 6.
  
• Shooting the spiker cannon constantly building nails in one spot reduces FPS.
  
• All explosive crates still active on level load despite being shot previously.
  
• Photon Cannon Revs up immediately after shooting.
  
• Centered weapons and the visual effects seems less impactful than with left and right weapons.

1. Frames per second affects distance of grenades shot.
   
2. Player can survive Lasers with full armor and health.
   
3. Rocket launcher pickup collider inaccurate in level 10.
   
4. Berserk powerup falls through floor in level 6.
   
5. Rain trigger doesn't reactive when in rain.
   
6. Crushers in level 6 can catch player with god mode causing the player to get stuck.
   
7. Number of Enemies killed in level doesn't match the total number of enemies in the level.
   
8. Noticeable jitter on moving platforms.
   
9. Enemies stick to player on Level 6 Main Elevator.
   
10. Enemies have a late animation call when they are damaged or just died.
    
11. Mini bosses can still be gibbed.
    
12. Jump sound for player needs to be changed.

• Change weapon wheel selection movement from keyboard to mouse.
  
• Incorporate a Key binding system so players can adjust controls.
  
• Design better visual textures for the game.
  
• Add barely surviving health to empower the player.
  
• Add health based enemy pushback, instead of a damage timer.
  
• Design a runic key as a key alternative.
  
• Runic Key needs to implemented into UI.
  
• Add a vibration strength option
  
• Add 3-1-3 movement to enemies.
  
• Add a vibration strength option.

Notes: With great excitement and relief, Virvius episode 1 development is nearly at it's end. Within the past two months, 3 levels were pushed in record time and managed to even build a final boss for EP1-L10. Going forth there will be some patching, polishing and small features added to the game so we can have a stabilized build for April 6th.

Feel free to try out the newest Demo for Virvius and express any thoughts or concerns or any other game inquiries to the Steam Discussion board or Enfenyx Gaming - Virvius Discord Server. I would love to hear from you!

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1. Level 8: Erode Asylum built.
   
2. Level 9: Carnage Lichyard built.
   
3. Level 10: Reapers Scaffold built.
   
4. New Enemy: Necrosis.
   
5. New torch props.
   
6. Setup a black screen fade when player transitions into a level.
   
7. Changed appearance of energy and plasma projectiles.
   
8. New music for levels 8, 9, 10 + boss.

• Some sprite elements are broken on long resolutions.
  
• Boss room door does not lock when engaged in battle in Level 10.
  
• Enemies not on Nav mesh errors pop up on Level 10.
  
• Boss type enemies cannot be gibbed.
  
• Fixed the flame particle system for torches.
  
• Elite enemy launches grenades directly down at player.

1. Player keeps moving after being on a moving platform on Level 7.
   
2. Player can survive Lasers with full armor and health.
   
3. Photon Cannon Revs up immediately after shooting.
   
4. Berserk powerup falls through floor in level 6.
   
5. Rain trigger doesn't reactive when in rain.
   
6. Crushers in level 6 can catch player with god mode causing the player to get stuck.
   
7. Number of Enemies killed in level doesn't match the total number of enemies in the level.
   
8. Noticeable jitter on moving platforms.
   
9. Enemies stick to player on Level 6 Main Elevator.
   
10. Enemies have a late animation call when they are damaged or just died.
    
11. Dying and loading the file, gun animation doesn't reset and shoot in half animation.

• Change weapon wheel selection movement from keyboard to mouse.
  
• Create a popup UI or weapon selection popup on bottom of screen.
  
• Design better visual textures for the game.
  
• Add barely surviving health to empower the player.
  
• Add health based enemy pushback, instead of a damage timer.
  
• Design a runic key as a key alternative.
  
• Runic Key needs to implemented into UI.
  
• Add a vibration strength option
  
• Add 3-1-3 movement to enemies.
  
• Create Achievements for Steam

Notes: Virvius development is at full tilt in it's rush to have early access ready by March, There's still a massive amount of work including Level 8, Level 9, and the boss Level 10. This update is mainly for getting the stability of the game under wrap so level design will be easier without worrying about the extras. This update features Level 7: Arcane Puncture, other level fixes, a performance boost, more accurate physics and fixes to some difficult bugs. Currently, there are over 50 bugs cleared in this build.

Feel free to try out the newest Demo for Virvius and if you have any questions, concerns or any other inquiries please refer to the Steam Discussion board or Enfenyx Gaming - Virvius Discord Server.

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1. Shotguns and Spiker Cannon has better sound effects (Hopefully) ːsteamfacepalmː.
   
2. Level 7: Arcane Puncture built.
   
3. Enemies listen for player sound.
   
4. Lights travel down hallways functionality.
   
5. Add flares to the shotgun bullets so player can see bullets shot.
   
6. When the player takes damage, to show the bloody screen flash instead of just red UI.
   
7. Controller disconnection popup UI.
   
8. New Screenshot Capture mode in Console Command.

• Fixed Time Step and Maximum Allowed Timestep changed in project
  
• Level 6 Yellow key room, player gets stuck in water when walking up ramp.
  
• Some shoot switches don't trigger when fired at.
  
• Last sound effect plays when unpausing the game.
  
• Game frames-per-second really low on Level 6.
  
• Sigma projectile bounces off enemies and loses momentum. (Still slightly an issue)
  
• Player not swimming under water despite drowning. (Steam Feedback).
  
• Player falls under acid in acid room to the left when entering through the door.
  
• Explosions no longer cast through walls (My favorite!)
  
• Sword no kills enemies through walls. (Also a favorite!)
  
• Lava switch in Level 7 Index out of bounds.
  
• Enemy continuously playing background sound and getting stuck on position.
  
• Level 6 station lights don't light up when pressing main switches.
  
• Enemies no longer hurt player through walls.
  
• Sword not completing collision when directly in front of enemy.
  
• Fix overall bullet force on enemy bullets.
  
• Explosive box by blue key door in level 6 doesn't explode.
  
• Added some more feedback to the weapon recoil on Spiker Cannon.
  
• Add Griever mounts back into Prologue on hard difficulty entrance.
  
• Health bar remains filled when exploded/mutilated.
  
• Message Triggers for acid and lava sections do not shut off in level 6.
  
• V-damage sound is louder than gun shots.
  
• Sigma projectile too slow when moving forward at the same time is was fired.
  
• Player can interact with fireballs in lava.
  
• Elite enemy grenade fires straight not adjusting based on player distance or height.
  
• Mastoid laser eyes didn't affect enemies.
  
• Some enemies don't engage player right away in some levels.
  
• Probuilder seam in Level 2 drill not sealed.
  
• Increase the spread for shotgun weapons.
  
• Speed up the weapon fire on Photon Cannon.
  
• Speed up the weapon fire on Spiker Cannon.
  
• Increase blood on enemy damage.
  
• Divinity sound is played when sword is swung.
  
• Spiker ammo box sitting in entrance lava in level 6.
  
• Z fighting in lava at start of Level 6.
  
• First switch in level 4 tower is pushed out from wall.

1. Elite enemy launches grenades directly down at player.
   
2. Berserk powerup falls through floor in level 6.
   
3. Enemies have a late animation call when they are damaged or just died.
   
4. Some sprite elements are broken on long resolutions.
   
5. Enemies stick to player on Level 6 main elevator.
   
6. Number of enemies killed in level doesn't match the total number of enemies in the level on load.
   
7. Crushers in level 6 can catch player with god mode causing the player to get stuck.
   
8. Rain trigger doesn't reactivate when in rain (Prologue Level)
   
9. Photon Cannon revs up immediately after shooting.
   
10. Player can survive lasers with full armor and health.
    
11. Increase gore explosion force in direction shot.
    
12. Make gore chunks larger for larger enemies.

• Game Idea - Change blood color.
  
• Setup kill boxes on the outside of levels so player dies instantly when they clip outside.
  
• Adding barely surviving health when player is near death.
  
• Rebuilding the photon cannon.
  
• Addressing jump strafing to get it more functionally satisfying.
  
• Game Idea - Add blood enabled option.
  
• Design a new trailer for Virvius.
  
• Game Task - Add explosion holes for explosions.
  
• Game Task - Add Powerup stacking.
  
• Game Task - Vibration strength option.
  
• Give Diabolic enemies their own Gore.
  
• Design better visual textures for the game.